# Hebrews 10.5 **Book:** [Hebrews](/codex/hebrews/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 3. But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance made of sins year by year. 4. For it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins. > > **5. Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, But a body didst thou prepare for me;** > > 6. In whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hadst no pleasure: 7. Then said I, Lo, I am come (In the roll of the book it is written of me) To do thy will, O God. (Hebrews 10:3-7, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 3. But in those sacrifices there is a yearly reminder of sins. 4. For it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins. > > **5. Therefore when he comes into the world, he says, “Sacrifice and offering you didn’t desire, but you prepared a body for me.** > > 6. You had no pleasure in whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin. 7. Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come (in the scroll of the book it is written of me) to do your will, O God.’” (Hebrews 10:3-7, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 3. But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year. 4. For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. > > **5. Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: hast: or, thou hast fitted me** > > 6. In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. 7. Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God. (Hebrews 10:3-7, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 3. but in those [sacrifices] is a remembrance of sins every year, 4. for it is impossible for blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. > > **5. Wherefore, coming into the world, he saith, 'Sacrifice and offering Thou didst not will, and a body Thou didst prepare for me,** > > 6. in burnt-offerings, and concerning sin-offerings, Thou didst not delight, 7. then I said, Lo, I come, (in a volume of the book it hath been written concerning me,) to do, O God, Thy will;' (Hebrews 10:3-7, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Arguments and defeaters:** - [Animal Sacrifice Objection Defeater](/codex/animal-sacrifice-objection-defeater/), via [Hebrews 10.4-5](/codex/hebrews-10-4-5/) - [Argument from Forgiveness](/codex/argument-from-forgiveness/), via [Hebrews 10.1-18](/codex/hebrews-10-1-18/) - [Necessity of the Incarnation](/codex/necessity-of-the-incarnation/), via [Hebrews 10.5-14](/codex/hebrews-10-5-14/) **Concepts:** - [Failed Messianic Prophecy Objections](/codex/failed-messianic-prophecy-objections/), via [Hebrews 10.1-18](/codex/hebrews-10-1-18/) - [Oneness Pentecostalism](/codex/oneness-pentecostalism/) - [Trinity vs Oneness vs Modalism vs Arianism](/codex/trinity-vs-oneness-vs-modalism-vs-arianism/) **Lexicon:** - [G4983 - soma](/codex/g4983-soma/) --- _Scripture quotations taken from the **New American Standard Bible®** (NASB), Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by **The Lockman Foundation**. Used by permission. All rights reserved. [www.lockman.org](https://www.lockman.org)_ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.